Franz Xaver Zippe
Franz Xaver Maximilian Zippe (born January 15, 1791 in Nieder Falkenau , † February 22, 1863 in Vienna ) was a Bohemian scientist and technician.
Life
After attending secondary school in Dresden , he studied philosophy at Prague University from 1807 to 1809 . While still a student, he attended lectures by chemists Karl August Neumann (1771–1866) and Johann Joseph Steinmann (1779–1833), professor of general chemistry, at the polytechnic school in Prague . A closer relationship developed particularly with the second professor. In 1819 Zippe became his adjunct and since 1822 he has lectured mineralogy and geology.
He became a close collaborator of Count Kaspar Maria von Sternberg , founder of the Prague Patriotic Museum of the Bohemian Empire (predecessor of the National Museum Prague ). Zippe, who was already known for his passion for collecting during his youth, was one of the institute's first donors. Since March 1819 he has been cataloging and describing the collections and supplementing them with self-made crystal models.
From November 1, 1824 to 1842, he was responsible for the museum's mineralogical department. During this time he made trips to the Giant Mountains , Jizera Mountains and Jeseníky Mountains and enriched the museum with numerous minerals. From 1833 he worked out the 16-volume topography of Bohemia together with Johann Gottfried Sommer .
In 1847 he became one of the first members of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna . In 1846 he became a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . From August 31, 1849 to October 1, 1850 he was director of the Montanlehrinstitut in Příbram . From November 1, 1850, he taught mineralogy at the University of Vienna .
In his honor, a uranium mineral, Zippeit (uranium blossom), from St. Joachimsthal was named after him.
Fonts (selection)
- On the influence of the mineralogical sciences on arts and crafts, and their previous and present condition in Bohemia. In: Monthly of the Society of the National Museum in Bohemia. II (1828), July, pp. 3-21
- Overview of the mountain formations in Bohemia. From the treatises of the royal. bohem. Society of Sciences. Prague 1831
- Joseph Steinmann; his life and scientific work. Prague 1836
- Coals, their value, their importance in general, and their distribution in Bohemia. Special print from the Encyclopädische Zeitschrift des Gewerbewesens . Prague 1842 (with map of the coal-bearing mountain formations in Bohemia)
- Occurrences in the coal formation of the Rakonitz district (meeting of the natural science section, December 30, 1841). In: Treatises of the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences. 5th episode, 2nd volume, Prague 1843, pp. 39–40
- Instructions for geology and soil science. Prague 1846
- History of metals. Vienna 1857; Reprint Wiesbaden 1967
- Přírodopis pro nižší reálné školy. Prague 1862
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Zippe, Franz Xaver Maximilian . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 60th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1891, pp. 169–172 ( digitized version ).
- Karl Alfred von Zittel : Zippe, Franz Xaver Matthias . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, p. 358 f.
- Seidl, J. / Pertlik, F. / Svojtka, M .: Franz Xaver Maximilian Zippe (1791–1863). A Bohemian earth scientist holding the first chair for mineralogy at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Vienna. In: Johannes Seidl (Hrsg.): Eduard Suess and the development of the earth sciences between Biedermeier and Secession (= writings of the archive of the University of Vienna ; 14). Vienna 2009, pp. 161–209. Download (PDF file; 10.51 MB)
- Johannes Uray, Chemical Theory and Mineralogical Classification Systems from the Chemical Revolution to the Mid-19th Century. In: Bernhard Hubmann, Elmar Schübl, Johannes Seidl (eds.), The beginnings of geological research in Austria . Contributions to the conference “10 Years Working Group History of Earth Sciences in Austria” from April 24th to 26th, 2009 in Graz. Graz 2010, pp. 107–125.
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Xaver Zippe in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Jürgen Rösler: Textbook of Mineralogy. Leipzig (Dt. Verl. D. Basic industry) 1981, p. 418
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zippe, Franz Xaver |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zippe, Franz Xaver Maximilian (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian natural scientist and technician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lower Falkenau |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1863 |
| Place of death | Vienna |